Is not part of the problem here not use of phrases such as

“The baby is black” because Bakers point/claim really is that he wasn’t thinking about skin colour at all, he is saying he didn’t even consider that the baby is black (which he isn’t anyway - he has one black grandparent) until it was pointed out to him after the tweet.

Posted By: Jim on May 10th 2019 at 19:06:22

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Well done Danny Baker. Great apology (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, May 10, 17:32:51
- I personally don’t believe he intended it as racist, however... (General Chat) - tim berry, May 10, 18:44:53
  - Is not part of the problem here not use of phrases such as (General Chat) - Jim, May 10, 19:06:22
  - This thread has been an interesting read. I've agreed with so many of the comments - from (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, May 10, 19:00:17
    - That is also true. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, May 10, 19:13:13
    - What this whole episode brought out for me (General Chat) - Old Git, May 10, 19:09:04
      - Papers seem obsessed where and how she had her child. Tis an odd world OG. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, May 10, 19:24:36
      - This (n/m) (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, May 10, 19:18:33
      - Happens on here all the time to the royals tbf (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 10, 19:18:12
  - Exactly (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, May 10, 18:48:27
  - I can't be arsed to express my opinion. (General Chat) - norway, May 10, 18:46:46
- I have argued in the past that the Macpherson Report findings trump all on racism. (General Chat) - avenging canary, May 10, 18:28:59
- BWOD outed as neither Dr Pragya Agarwal nor Scarlette Douglas (General Chat) - Old Git, May 10, 18:02:05
- Feel very sorry for him. Was a stupid tweet but (General Chat) - Jim, May 10, 17:49:42
  - He worked for 5 live a sports broadcaster (General Chat) - Pukki Pies, May 10, 18:46:21
  - Would you have posted it? (General Chat) - APB, May 10, 17:57:55
    - No but I’ve certainly said things in my time without thinking and (General Chat) - Jim, May 10, 18:03:23
      - I don’t think he’s been sacked for being racist. (General Chat) - APB, May 10, 18:06:44
        
        It was very unpleasant, regardless of the target. (n/m) (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, May 10, 18:18:46
        
        Yet Alan Sugar kept his job (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 10, 18:12:12
        
        And the BBC provides an unlimited and unchallenged platform for Fartrage (General Chat) - Dunney, May 10, 18:21:58
        
        Quite. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, May 10, 18:37:15
        
        VMT (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 10, 18:27:10
        
        Which job? (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, May 10, 18:18:41
        
        Doesn’t he still work on that apprentice shite? (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 10, 18:26:28
        
        the BBC did very little to rein in that cunt Clarkeson as well despite his flagrant racism (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 10, 18:30:47
        
        It’ll depend on a) the target and b) viewing / listening figures. (General Chat) - APB, May 10, 18:36:27
        
        In the end, neither Baker nor the BBC come out of this heap of shite well. (General Chat) - APB, May 10, 18:38:45
        
        Amen. Absolute clusterfuck all round. (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, May 10, 18:41:25
        
        yep, nicely summed up (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 10, 18:55:41
        
        Agreed (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 10, 18:39:26
  - I think it was partly due to it being seen as an attack on the royals (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 10, 17:56:02
    - You can’t allow him the Wayne Hennessey defence. (General Chat) - APB, May 10, 18:01:00
    - If Tommy Robinson had posted that? (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, May 10, 17:58:49
      - But he’s an actual racist (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 10, 18:04:06
        
        We can all make judgements from confirmation bias, but we don't know his (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, May 10, 18:10:27
        
        He’s not really using an ignorance defence though is he? (General Chat) - Jim, May 10, 18:20:00
        
        I don't, for reasons I've already stated. Apart from that, it was fucking unpleasant. He (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, May 10, 18:30:20
        
        I'm guessing you don't know the history of him using chimps in photos then (General Chat) - Yellalee, May 10, 18:40:05
        
        This. (n/m) (General Chat) - Jim, May 10, 18:54:22
        
        It’s only nasty in a racist context (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 10, 18:32:36
        
        Not really nasty is it if you take the comic interpretation (General Chat) - Jim, May 10, 18:55:23
        
        Exactly and obvs you’re replying to HW (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 10, 19:00:27
        
        No, it's nasty per se, but toxic in context. (n/m) (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, May 10, 18:46:03
        
        But it’s something he’s used plenty of times in the past (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 10, 18:13:58
        
        He used a trope common in football, and you're telling me he didn't realise? (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, May 10, 18:24:22
        
        He didn’t get away with it before you twat (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 10, 18:30:46
      - yeah agreed, but that's just it. You can't generalise and say that every tweet of that (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 10, 18:03:27
  - Shouldn't post pissed (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, May 10, 17:53:19
  - I think the problem was more the way he came out swinging (General Chat) - CWC, May 10, 17:51:39
    - Didn’t help him agreed but I think all he meant was that (General Chat) - Jim, May 10, 17:55:55
      - And of course many yanks got involved too (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 10, 18:05:36
        
        Surely that's rather racist? (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, May 10, 18:54:03
        
        Surely (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 10, 19:58:59
      - Yeah true (General Chat) - CWC, May 10, 17:58:29

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